Total Crime Rate

169.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 169.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 64.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 38.0 8/10
  • Burglary 17.5 10/10
  • Other theft 14.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cedar Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in St Leonards & St Ives , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cedar Avenue (BH24 2QG) in the last 12 months was 169.6 per 1,000 residents and was 253.0% higher than the St Leonards & St Ives average (48.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cedar Avenue (BH24 2QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fir Tree Close, where police recorded 2 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Acorn Close (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cedar Avenue area

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Data Sources

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